Create a telephone number to an area or region

Create a telephone number to add that number to an area or to a region by using the Telecommunications Network Inventory application. You can review, create, update, or delete a telephone number.

Before you begin

• Ensure that the Telecommunications Network Inventory application includes all the required components of your telephone number. Otherwise, see Create the components of a telephone number.
• Role required: sn_inv_num_mgmt.inventory_number_manager

About this task

Setting the Create telephone allocations and numbers checkbox as true, while creating a telephone block, creates individual numbers and telephone allocation. You can also add a telephone number to a telephone number allocation.

Procedure

1. Navigate to Workspaces > Network Inventory Workspace.
2. Select the list icon (), and then go to Inventory Number Allocation > Telephone Number.
3. Select New
4. On the Details tab, in the telephone number section, fill in the fields.

To learn about the remaining identification fields that are common to most of the Inventory and Inventory number allocation menu forms, see Commonly used network asset instance identification fields.

Table 1. Telephone Number form

Field name	Description
Switch CLLI	A reference to any Configuration Item but is ideally recommended to telco equipment.
Line number	Portion of a telephone number that uniquely identifies an individual telephone line within an area. You can provide a series or individual line numbers in an xxxx-xxxx or xxxx, xxxx-xxxx format. Note: If the provided line number isn’t in a series of numbers, multiple number allocations are created.

5. Add the attachments, such as the graphics or documents, by selecting the attachment icon () in the right panel.
6. Select Save.
   A telephone number is created with an area code, central office code, status of the number, switch CLLI, line number, and telephone number.

What to do next

You can review and update the fields, create a related tab record, or delete a record. To learn more, see Update or delete a record of an inventory number allocation.